Shop – Pioneer Nursery

Carpinus betulus

Jo — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:52:06 +0000

Popular for hedging and pleaching. Leaves turn, yellow, red or brown and remain on the tree almost through winter.

OG means trees are supplied bare-rooted in winter, to be planted straight away.

Order now, available July

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Jo — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:19:43 +0000

Good shelter tree. Responds well to trimming. Ideal for horticultural/orchard hedging. Great at filtering wind.

Pear Beurre Bosc

Jo — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:13:37 +0000

Superb quality eating brown pear with sweet and juicy large fruit. Taste develops after 3-4 weeks in the refrigerator. Regular and heavy mid season cropper. Tree is vigorous and upright that spreads. Has high chilling requirements to set fruit.

Salix matsudana Pendula

Jo — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:50:12 +0000

A gracefully pendulous, fast-growing weeping tree with fine cascading branches covered in slender green leaves. It is highly adaptable, tolerating wet, heavy clay, or waterlogged conditions. This fast-growing, deciduous tree requires regular water during establishment, and winter pruning to maintain shape and remove damaged branches.

Olearia angulata

Jo — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:51:42 +0000

Bushy tree with wavy, leathery, oblong leaves. Coastal and exposed sites. White flowers.
A variety of Olearia albida.

available from April/May

Hebe First Light

Jo — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:42:49 +0000

A hybrid developed for the new millennium by Jack Hobbs. Very desirable with healthy bronze flushed foliage particularly colourful in winter. Racemes of pink flowers in summer. A hardy, spreading evergreen shrub that prefers full sun and is ideal as a border plant, for growing in containers and tolerates coastal situations.

Available from late Autumn

Hebe diosmifolia

Jo — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:29:07 +0000

Deep green leaves smothered with small flower heads of tiny white to pale lavender flowers in spring. Great for sunny spots. Prune after flowering to maintain shape and encourage bushy habit.

Available mid-late Autumn

Arthropodium cirratum

Jo — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:01:45 +0000

Commonly called Renga Renga or Rock Lily, is used widely as a ground-cover for dry shade and under trees. Forms large clumps of broad, medium-green, arching foliage. Graceful sprays of white star-shaped flowers from spring to mid-summer. Frost tender.

Available late Autumn/Winter

Clianthus puniceus Rosea

Jo — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:10:20 +0000

Spreading shrub with soft green fern-like foliage and dense bunches of rose-coloured flowers, shaped like a large parrots beak, in early spring.

Available from late Autumn

Clianthus puniceus Alba

Jo — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:08:55 +0000

One of the showiest New Zealand natives. Large white flowers from early summer. Place in a well-drained soil away from heavy frosts and strong winds.

Available from late Autumn.